Global Commons Antarctica case study

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Residents

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The ocean which surrounds Antarctica

Southern Ocean

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Percentage of Antarctica covering the Earth’s land

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Percentage of the size of Antarctica compared to Europe

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Antarctica is the ... largest continent on Earth

Fifth

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The least ... of all the world’s continents

Polluted

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The mountain which separates East and West Antarctica

Transantarctic

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The length (in kilometres) of the mountain which separates East and West Antarctica

3540

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The smallest side of Antarctica

West Antarctica

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The length (in kilometres) of the peninsula in West Antarctica

1000

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The continent nearest to the peninsula

South America

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The percentage of Antarctica covered in ice sheet

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The approximate age of the ice sheet (years old)

3 million

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The average depth of the Antarctic ice sheet (in metres)

2450

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The percentage of the world’s fresh water which Antarctica holds

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The average altitude of Antarctica (metres above sea level)

2300

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Huge rivers of ice pulled slowly by gravity from the interior towards the sea

Glaciers

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A deep crack or fracture found in an ice sheet or glacier

Crevasses

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Gigantic floating blocks of ice formed when glaciers spill out over the water’s surface

Ice shelf

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The name of the largest ice shelf in Antarctica

Ross

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Pieces of an ice shelf which breaks off

Iceberg

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The ocean which surrounds Antarctica

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Southern Ocean

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Percentage of Antarctica covering the Earth’s land

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Percentage of the size of Antarctica compared to Europe

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Antarctica is the ... largest continent on Earth

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Global Commons Antarctica case study